1119 - MACARTNEY (George). JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF CHINA AND TARTARY, undertaken in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794.

MACARTNEY (George). JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF CHINA AND TARTARY, undertaken in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794. Paris, Buisson, 1798–1804. 4 in-8 volumes, in light brown half-basane, with a plain, decorated spine, and 1 in-4° atlas, in red half-shagreen (contemporary bindings). An account of a voyage undertaken by the ships *Le Lion* and *L'Indostan*, with very interesting details on the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch colonies where these ships called. The work was compiled from Lord Macartney’s papers by Sir George Staunton and translated from English, with notes, by J. Castéra. The illustrations in the text volumes, here in their first edition, consist of 3 portraits, an engraving depicting the Chinese Neptune, and 3 large fold-out route maps at the end of Volume 4. The atlas is here in its third edition (Paris, Buisson, Year XII–1804) and features 41 PLATES, including 5 portraits, 4 maps (3 of which are fold-out), and various views and scenes. There is a repair in the margin of one plate and foxing on the route maps.